Angel Taveras, Greenberg Traurig Shareholder and Former Providence, RI Mayor, to Speak at the Harvard Latino Law, Policy, and Business Conference

Angel Taveras, a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’sBoston office and former Providence, Rhode Island mayor, will be a featured presenter at the Harvard Latino Law, Policy, and Business Conference, April 3-4, 2015, at Harvard Law School in Cambridge.

On Saturday, April 4, from 4-5 p.m., Taveras will speak on the panel “Electoral Politics: Latino Identity, Partisanship, Mobilization, and Voting.” This panel will address past and future voter mobilization, turn out, and vote choice of Latinos, and will highlight regional, generational, and gender nuances of the Latino vote. Specifically, Taveras will discuss his experiences as a political candidate and as the first Latino mayor of Rhode Island.

From 2011 to 2015, Taveras served as the mayor of Providence, where he led a city government with 5,700 employees and oversaw a budget of $ 678 million. Taveras is credited with rescuing Providence from the brink of bankruptcy and eliminating a $ 110 million structural deficit through landmark reforms to pensions, negotiated concessions in labor contracts, and unprecedented assistance from tax-exempt institutions. Under his leadership, Providence was recognized with the All-America City Award from the National Civic League for its plan to boost third-grade reading proficiency. In addition, Taveras won the $ 5 million grand prize from the Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge for his innovative proposal to improve the vocabularies of pre-school age children.

Taveras also has a distinguished legal career. With over 14 years of experience in litigation, he is a licensed attorney in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New York. His diverse litigation practice includes complex commercial matters, including matters arising under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Truth in Lending Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, as well as bankruptcy litigation, zoning and land use, shareholder disputes, and election recounts and challenges.

About Greenberg Traurig’s Boston Office

Established in 1999, Greenberg Traurig’s Boston office is home to more than 60 attorneys practicing in the areas of corporate, emerging technology, governmental affairs, intellectual property, labor and employment, life sciences and medical technology, litigation, public finance, and real estate. An important contributor to the firm’s international platform, the Boston office includes a team of nationally recognized attorneys with both public and private sector experience. The team offers clients the value of decades of legal experience and hands-on knowledge of the local business community, supported by the firm’s vast network of global resources.

About Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, multi-practice law firm with approximately 1800 attorneys serving clients from 37 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The firm is among the “Power Elite” in the 2014 BTI Client Relationship Scorecard report, which assesses the nature and strength of law firms’ client relationships. For additional information, please visit http://www.gtlaw.com.

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